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July 4, 1863

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Phillips County

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Samuel Ryan curtis (1805-1866) led the victory of Battle of pea ridge and
capture of helena (Phillips county) and the repulse invasion of missouri and kansas

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James F. Fagan, who served in the Confederate army as a major general and was appointed U.S. marshal for the Western District of Arkansas in 1875.

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Cliff’s Corner: Setting the stage for the Battle of Helena

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Unions won the battle of the civil war on April 1865

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Holmes lost 1,636 of the 7,646 men he had taken into the battle: 173 killed, 687 wounded, and 776 missing. Prentiss claimed the capture of more than 1,100 Confederate soldiers and stated that over 300 dead Confederates were buried by Union troops.

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Because by early 1863, holding Helena provided the Union with significant advantages, such as serving as a supply depot for the ongoing Vicksburg campaign, providing a marshalling point for a future advance against Little Rock, and securing northeastern Arkansas.